Chemistry for Today: General, Organic, and Biochemistry
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Chapter 10, Problem 10.56E
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Whether a change of one element into another occurs naturally is to be explained.
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Transmutation is the process in which the change of one element into another element results in the change in their nucleus. Both processes, radioactive decay and transmutation, will take place until a new element is formed having a stable nucleus. The process of transmutation can occur naturally or artificially.
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